Tag: books
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January 05, 2008 01:54 PM EST --
Read all the books on My 2008 TBR Challenge
Welcome Lists, Lists, and More Lists members and anyone who should happen across this list.
One of the . . . more
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November 10, 2007 12:29 PM EST --
My Own Little Reading Room
Would you say that you read about the same amount now as when you were younger? More? Less? Why?
When I was in school, I used to read a book a day. All the . . . more
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December 03, 2007 08:27 AM EST --
"Do you get on a roll , while reading where one book leads to the next, and so on?"
At any given time, I am reading three books. They are as diverse as can be. However, after reading . . . more
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October 18, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
I was chatting with one of the secretaries here this morning about the book she's reading, which is called And The Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi, a true-crime book she made sound very interesting, . . . more
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June 08, 2008 11:46 PM EDT --
I'm out of summer reading material, and was wondering if anyone has any good book recommendations. I love fiction and non-fiction...so I'm open to reading just about anything. Hopefully, . . . more
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December 28, 2007 09:54 AM EST --
I joined many reading challenges this year. Some of those focussed my reading habits. Not that it mattered to me how I was reading before as long I had a book in my hand! This year, I have read lesser . . . more
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October 15, 2007 04:54 PM EDT --
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
(5/5 stars)
I haven't seen more than a few minutes of the famous 1975 film version of this novel. But even for me, it's hard reading this . . . more
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October 06, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Do you have problem with too much vulgarity or overly explicit scenes in books? Do you take them in stride?
I usually do not read romances. When I am in the mood to read one, which is rare nowadays, . . . more
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June 06, 2008 09:49 PM EDT --
My 2008 A-Z Author Book Challenge
Welcome Lists, Lists, and More Lists members and anyone who should happen across this list.
A friend . . . more
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October 21, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
What’s the worst typographical error you’ve ever found in (or on) a book?
Although I have come across a few, I do not recall glaring typographical errors as such. A few . . . more
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July 09, 2008 10:56 PM EDT --
LIllie would like to do a book review on a YA book, entitled My Chocolate Year , by Charlotte Herman, illutrated by LeUyen Pham. We just finished reading it! Here she goes...
This book is about a . . . more
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October 02, 2007 10:57 AM EDT --
Money
by Martin Amis
(3/5 stars)
While "Money" is a highly entertaining, raunchy yarn, it suffers when read 20+ years later from being an '80s novel. Like every story . . . more
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June 06, 2008 12:52 AM EDT --
Read 50 Books from the 1001 Books List in 2008
Welcome Read 50 Books In One Year members and anyone who should happen across this list.
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September 25, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
Book lovers unite!
Post anything to do with books....reviews, you likes, dislikes. Everything goes as long as it is about books.
Click
booking into books
to join.
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October 10, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
(3/5 stars)
This is the kind of book I finish reading and have to begin a search of my own. I look for Cliff Notes, Wikkipedia entries, Amazon reviews, anything . . . more
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September 28, 2007 06:34 AM EDT --
Buy a Friend a Book Week is October 1-7 (as well as the first weeks of January, April, and July). During this week, you’re encouraged to buy a friend a book for no good reason. Not for their birthday, . . . more
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September 26, 2007 12:23 PM EDT --
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
(2/5 stars)
I think I might have liked this book a lot more if I hadn't listened to the audiobook version. 22 hours of stereotyped Indian and Jamaican accents was . . . more
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October 01, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
First weeks of Jan, April, July and Oct are BAFAB weeks.
That is when you buy a book for your friend for no reason. Just like that.
" promote reading, promote friendships" That is the idea! . . . more
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October 01, 2007 04:14 PM EDT --
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
(5/5 stars)
Salman Rushdie is the third author I've read recently that I'd put off reading for many years out of a misplaced fear I'd find . . . more
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November 01, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
(3/5 stars)
The farther I got, the more obvious the conclusion that I read this too late in life. Had I read this as a teenager or in college I could have romanticized . . . more
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